Cambridge prospective Mphil Finance applicants 2011/2012

Whats your economics percentage?

68% BSc Economics Nottingham Uni
KPMG Summer Internship Corp Fin, Grant Thornton Tax, Asian bank spring week, Civil service internship

Btw did you do the HSBC internship at the London office?

I'm starting the economics PGDip this September. Going to try real hard to get 70-75.

No, I'm from India so I did the internship at the Mumbai office (head office for India). I was working in the private banking department, it was phenomenal.

What do you reckon my chances are?

Your profile looks great btw

You have a really good chance since you have a very high percentage in your bachelors. Cambridge only care about references and undergraduate marks as far as I am aware, which will be a disadvantage for me as my marks are really low.

I don't think your marks are that low. I heard a couple of people around here saying they got conditional offers for the MPhil Economics. The condition was 67% so I think you have a good chance (might be different for the MPhil Finance, I'm not too sure).

What are you planning on doing now? Till September next?

Finish my degree as I graduate in June 2011. Why are you doing the diploma? Don't Cambridge accept the BCOM?

whats your profile?

Hey.. Just finished my second year studying Maths and Economics at Uni of Lpool..

Profile:
A Levels: AAAB
BA (Joint Hons) Maths and Economics - 2nd year avg 81%
Internships: MAS Holdings (Operational Management) and Standard Charted Bank (Consumer Banking).

Both your profiles look really great.. unfortunately I do not have any experience in the Finance (and especially IB) sector, which probably counts as a big disadvantage...

By the way, what other uni's are u'l planning to apply to??

But you have the 81 that's what matters the most.

Hey, I wanted to know. My diploma mostly requires me to take second year undergrad modules. Do you have exams during the year or only at the end? I need to know because I will submitting these applications (for different MSc's) around Jan and I hope I have some transcript of my diploma.

Hey, I wanted to know. My diploma mostly requires me to take second year undergrad modules. Do you have exams during the year or only at the end? I need to know because I will submitting these applications (for different MSc's) around Jan and I hope I have some transcript of my diploma.

MSc Finance at LSE. Don't think there are any other decent finance programmes in UK.

Well, we hav xams twice a year.. but as Prospectiveeconomist said, I too will only be applying with my second year results only, as the results in jan r provisional until JUne.. p.s what other degrees r u planin to apply for.. I was thinking aboout the Oxford MSc in MAthematical and Computational Finance...

I'm planning on applying for the following:
MSc Finance and Economics - Warwick, LSE
MSc Financial Economics - Oxford
MSc Accounting and Finance - LSE

I think the Warwick program should be easy to get into because the Diploma gives me direct entry into any MSc program in the economics dept if I get >60%. But I'll have to make another application to WBS.

But is there anyway of getting a statement of my performance in the January exams even if provisional. I mean either way they're only going to give me conditional offers. Will referees be able to mention it? Or at least where I'm likely to be placed in the class?

Nice choice... Even I was thinking about the Oxford MFE, but the fees kinda put me off.. besides it's supposed to be extremely tough to get into.. but u will probably have an excellent chance, as you have got both the degree and a postgrad diploma form one of the best universities in the UK to help you with.. ... LSE has some of the best programs on offer for prospective IB workers.. But i was not really sure whether would nejoy the hustle and bustle of London... I really want to go into one of those campus oriented universities like Cambridge, warwick or oxford, since Liverpool is of similar style..